Just who is buying all the guns?

[Archae]

[branford]

1. Wow, another cartoon, how can I not be convinced about the wisdom of all gun control arguments...

However, if you're actually interested in the demographics of firearms ownership, the information is readily available.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/07/15/the-demographics-and-politics-of-gun-owning-households/

http://www.norc.org/PDFs/GSS%20Reports/GSS_Trends%20in%20Gun%20Ownership_US_1972-2014.pdf

[daleanime]

4. You? Convinced?

Never.

Have a great night.

[yeoman6987]

5. Apparently women are increasing their purchases

Not to say men aren't but the current influx is an increase by women.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/us/rising-voice-of-gun-ownership-is-female.html?referrer=&_r=0

[Skittles]

2. paranoid cowards

[SoapBox]

7. Not to mention delusional.

[Pauldg47]

10. Delusional is absolutely the right word.....

....not for all, but for the guy on the right, your dead on.

[spanone]

3. k&r...

[sarisataka]

6. Apparently no one

since we have been informed manufacturing figures do not equal sales

Why Gun Manufacturers Are in Serious Financial Trouble

If gun sales are supposedly "red hot," why are gun manufacturers struggling, even filing for bankruptcy? The answers include a gun glut and long-term trends in gun ownership in America.

There's a continuous media mantra that gun sales are going through the roof. Well, they may have had a little boomlet after the 2012 Newtown shootings. But with Colt filing for bankruptcy, and other gun manufacturers reporting huge declines in sales and falling stock, it's clear that Americans aren't going as gun crazy as people think.

On June 15, Political Scientist Robert Spitzer of SUNY Cortland wrote the column "Why assault rifle sales are booming." It wasn't a pro-gun essay. He used arguments such as fears of Obama, the temptation of "forbidden fruit" and even the old Freudian "male sexuality" pleasure of firing a gun.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-a-tures/why-gun-manufacturers-are_b_7595246.html

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172175141#post21

[napi21]

9. I'm not surprised gun sales have slacked off. When Obama wa first elected,

stories of "He's comin ta git yer guns" were rampant! When rumors of making machine gun look alikes illegal, saales went though the roof! None of the gun stores around me (north of Atlanta) had any in stock. That crazy buying kick went on for quite a while. My guess is, most people have as many as they think they need so sales are down.

[friendly_iconoclast]

11. I sense some whistling past the graveyard going on here

To paraphrase another DUer's recent post:

If gun ownership is declining even as laws become more liberal why are gun control advocates
always in such a moral panic to reduce gun ownership rates?

I daresay the purported "decline" is wishful thinking for morale purposes

[hunter]

8. People easily frightened. Duh.

[friendly_iconoclast]

12. If their numbers are declining, then there's no reason for you to worry...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. Part of this is suburban sprawl.....

Fewer people are living in what would be considered a "rural" area so they don't need guns as much since there is less chance of walking out to the outhouse to find a bear in there saying they're out of Charmin.

[pinboy3niner]

14. Every crazy rumor about gun confiscation or ammo restrictions drives sales

And the manufacturers are laughing all the way to the bank.